Brief Biography-Ludovico (Louis, Lewis) Dorigny was born in Paris, where his father, Michael, tutored him; Michael was an engraver and painter who had worked with Simon Vouet. Louis’s father died when he was only ten; after that, Charles Le Brun tutored him. Being disenchanted after not receiving the first prize at the Académie Royale, he travelled to Italy. Leading artists Hyacinthe Rigaud, Nicolas de Largillière and others heavily criticised one of his sketches for a ceiling in Paris. He spent four years in Rome, ten in Venice and eventually settled in Verona. He worked as an engraver but is known chiefly for his ornamental work in frescoes throughout Northern Italy. Some of his most noted works are in the Trento Cathedral. He died in Verona in 1742.